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With Sai Praneeth's exit, Indian challenge has ended in the men's singles event.
Prakash Padukone was the first Indian to win a men's singles World Championships medal - a bronze - in the 1983 edition.
World No 19 Praneeth took just 42 minutes to dispatch sixth seeded Anthony of Indonesia 21-19, 21-13.
The other Indians in fray, seventh seed Kidambi Srikanth and 10th seed Sameer Verma, play their first round on Monday.
Sindhu will face 2017 winner Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in the summit clash on Sunday.
Playing his first final in almost two years, world No. 22 Praneeth lost 21-19, 18-21, 12-21 to Shi Yuqi of China in the summit clash.
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